Carpet or oil-cloth fastener



- (No Model.)

E. JOHNSON. 4 :GARPET 0R OILOLOTH FASTENBR.

4 Patented M11520, 1882.1 1

'INVBNTOR,

' WITNESSES:

7 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. JOHNSON, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

CARPET OR OIL-CLOTH FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,864, dated June 20,1882.

Application filed April 13, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. JOHNSON,

of Painesville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Metal Bindings for Oil- Oloths,&c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, which .will enable others skilled intheart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is an inverted view of a sectionof metallic binding constructed according to my improvement, as viewedon I its under side, showing the hem, ridge, or folded portion B, andthe stiffening-wire inserted through said folded portion. Fig. 2 is aplan view of my improved binding as it appears on the upper side; and.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, showing my improved metallicbinding as applied to'a piece of oil-cloth or tea carpet fastened to afloor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to metallic bindings for oil-cloths, carpets,mats, or rugs, &e., for protecting the edge of the fabric to which thebinding is applied from fraying out; and it consists in an improvementupon the specific binding shown and described in the Letters Patent ofthe United States No. 119,035, granted to Daniel M. Knowles on the 19thday of September, 1871, and reissued as No. 9,330 on the 3d day ofAugust, 1880, (said reissue being assigned to James L. Parmly, Edward E.Johnson, and Wallace L. Baker,) which said improvement will behereinafter more fully described and claimed. 1

The metallic binding to which my improvement refers is'so constructedthat only the upper surface and the end or edge of the fabric is coveredby the binding, thus permitting the oil-cloth, carpet, or other fabricto rest entirely upon the floor out to its very edge. To this end itconsists of a strip of tin, sheet-brass, or any other metal, A, of anysuitable length and width, one of the edges of which is folded, hemmed,or doubled in a manner to form a tubular ridge or roll,B. Into this tubeor roll head or roll B upon the floor.

is inserted a wire or slender rod, D, the metal of the strip beingclamped tightly around it, so as to hold it firmly in its place.

0 represents the carpet, oil-cloth, or any floor covering or fabric. Asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, thebinding-strip is applied to the edgeof the carpet O and rests with its Thus secured it will be seen that thecarpet rests in actual contact with the floor, and that the stiffenededge B D of the strip protects the edge without passing underneath thecarpet, while it is prevented from being crushed or damaged itself bythe support from the wire or stiffener D, inserted through the foldedportion B.

By using stiffening-wires of different size the raised edge B may bemade of any desired thickness, according to the thickness of theoil-cloth, carpet, or other floor-covering, it bein g important that theflat portion of the strip which overlaps the floor-coverin g 0 shall inall cases be flush with the latter. The flat part of the strip isperforated at suitable intervals, as shown at a, for the insertion oftacks E, by which the carpet, as well as its binding, is fastenedto thefloor.

I am well aware that wiring various devices, such as tin pans and theirhandles, as well as almost all culinary appliances, for the purpose ofgiving rigidity to the same is not new 5 but I am not aware that bindingfor oil-cloths and carpets has been made before of the constructionherein shown and described, which is not simply wiring the edge for thepurpose of impartingrigidity, but for the purpose of making said edge Bof a thickness equal to the thickness of the oil-cloth or carpet withoutreducing the width or overlapping part of the strip A by rplling theedge thereof up upon itself until sufficient thickness is attained.Again, in connecting several lengths of bindin g-strip a neat andclosely-fitting joint may be made by so cutting the meeting ends of thestrips that a part of the inside wire D will project on one side,'asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, which is, in placing the stripstogether endwise, inserted into the tube B'of the adjoining section ofbinding, a portion of the wire D of which has been cut on inside thetube 5 or, instead of cutting, the wire may be drawn out a little at oneend in the process of In testimony that I claim the foregoing as themanufacture of the binding. my own I have hereunto affixed my signatureI claim and desire to secure by Letters Patin presence of two witnesses.ent of the United States- 5 The metallic carpet-binding herein shownEDYVARD E. JOHNSON.

and described, consisting of a plain or flat portion, A, and a tubularor rolled portion, B, said Witnesses:

tubular portion B having astiffening-wire, D, JAMES L. PARMLY, i ofrequisite thickness inserted through it, as A. A. AMIDON. 7 10 animproved article of manufacture.

